BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81@harrisburgcwrt.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231110T213000 DTSTAMP:20231022T192744Z URL:https://harrisburgcwrt.org/events/our-name-would-go-down-in-undying-fa me-the-forgotten-black-companies-that-defended-harrisburg-and-integrated-p ennsylvanias-militia/ SUMMARY:"Our Name Would Go Down in Undying Fame": The Forgotten Black Compa nies that Defended Harrisburg and Integrated Pennsylvania's Militia DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, November 10\, for a special salute to our v eterans\, as we honor the memory of those who defended Pennsylvania’s ca pital city during 1863. \;\nHistorians often maintain that no African American combatants participated in the Gettysburg Campaign. However\, HCW RT member and historian Cooper H. Wingert will share new archival research revealing how two Black companies organized in Harrisburg integrated Penn sylvania's militia system just three days before the Battle of Gettysburg.  \;By the time Lee's army entered Pennsylvania\, many Black Harrisbur gers had already left for Boston to \;enlist in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry (the subject of our February \;talk by John D. Hoptak). Wing ert will explain why other \;Black Harrisburgers opted \;not \ ;to enlist in Massachusetts\, and instead organized to defend Pennsylvania 's capital from the Confederate army.\nMr. Wingert is the author of 12 boo ks and numerous articles. His book The Confederate Approach on Harrisburg received the Dr. James I. Robertson\, Jr. Literary Prize for the best work in the field of Confederate history--military\, political and social.&nbs p\; His other books include Abolitionists of South-Central Pennsylvania\, Slavery &\; the Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania\, Ha rrisburg and the Civil War: Defending the Keystone of the Union\, Emergenc y Men! The 26th Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia and the Gettysburg Campaign \, and Targeted Tracks: The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War\, 1861-1865\, which he co-authored with Scott L. Mingus\, Sr.\nMr. Wingert g raduated summa cum laude from Dickinson College in 2020\, and is pursuing a PhD in history at Georgetown University. \; He is currently studying at State College as a Predoctoral Fellow in the History of the Civil War Era at the Richards Center at Penn State University.  \;His presentati on is based on a brand-new article\, and new research findings\, that will appear in the September 2023 issue of \;Civil War History \;entit led "Fighting for State Citizenship in the U.S. Colored Troops." \; Th is marks the fifth time he has addressed our Round Table. \;\nThose wh o are unable to attend this engagement in person are invited to tune in to the lecture and Q&\;A session via Zoom. \; Click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89733930929. No password is required.  \; To dial in by phone call 1-301-715-8592 or click the following link for your call-in number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcJz2q7bcv. \; The mee ting ID # is 897 3393 0929. \; Zoom participants should join the meeti ng by 7:00 pm.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://harrisburgcwrt.org/wp-content/uploads/20 23/09/Wingert-headshot-2-200x300-2.jpg LOCATION:Central Penn College Conference Center\, 600 Valley Road\, Enola\, PA\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=600 Valley Road\, Enola\, P A\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Central Penn College Conferen ce Center:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR